Saab Seaeye has expanded its international presence by opening an office in Houston, Texas. The company is already the world’s largest manufacturer of electric remotely operated underwater vehicles with distributors in 26 countries and over 700 systems sold worldwide. “The move places us in an ideal
MMT Group AB (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Reach Subsea AS, an integrated Subsea Service Provider (Haugesund Norway), have signed a Letter of Intent for the purpose of establishing a new Joint Venture within Offshore Survey Operations. The Parties have for some time, together with the engineering company
Technip officially named its latest new state-of-the art pipelay vessel on Friday at Florø, Norway. During the ceremony held at Westcon’s Yard, the Deep Energy was named by the vessel’s godmother, Patricia Pilenko, wife of Thierry Pilenko, Technip’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Technip, Wes
1. Technip Begins Cable Work on Borkum Offshore Wind Farm in Germany Technip Offshore Wind has started offshore operations on an array cable installation contract for phase 1 of the Borkum Wind Farm development, located 45 kilometers to the North of the German island of Borkum, in the North Sea. 2.
IHC Merwede has today successfully launched Subsea 7’s 550t pipelaying vessel, SEVEN WAVES, at its shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. The naming ceremony was carried out by Mrs Lucia Andrade, the ship’s God Mother and Subsea 7 Brazil’s Vice President Projects & Operations. The SEVE
Aberdeen-based Veripos, world leaders in provision of high-precision GNSS positioning solutions for the offshore oil and gas industries, has extended its range of services for Dynamic Positioning (DP) applications with introduction of a new advanced visualisation software package, Orion. Designed to
During the period 11 – 13 March 2013, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Eni Norge AS’ (Eni’s) compliance with requirements for establishment and implementation of technical and operational barriers in the Goliat project. Objective The objective of the audit was to v
Clariant Oil Services announced that it’s investment in a new laboratory facility is on track for completion in Q3 2013. The facility will be in the new Clariant Oil and Mining Services global headquarters campus, located in The Woodlands, Texas. “The 64000 square foot complex, including offices, la
ACE Winches, the deck machinery specialists, announced post tax profits of £6.2m for 2012, a 15 percent increase on the previous year. Turnover at the Aberdeenshire-based group soared to £31.1m in the year ended 31 October 2012, a 42 percent increase on the previous twelve months, with around three-
SeaBird Exploration PLC “SeaBird”, a global provider of marine 2D/3D/4D seismic data, and associated products and services to the oil and gas industry, has today announced the first quarter 2013 financial results. Revenues for the quarter were $48.6 million, an increase of 42% compared to the compar
Vard Holdings Limited (“VARD”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announces that it has entered into a new contract with Island Offshore for the construction of one advanced offshore support vessel of Rolls-Royce design. The value of the contract
Deep Down, Inc., an oilfield services company specializing in complex deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil production distribution system support services, announced the formation of Deep Down Brasil, Ltda., confirming the company’s interest in supporting the dynamic offshore oil and gas industry in Br
CGG announced today its non-audited first quarter 2013 consolidated results. All comparisons are made on a year-on-year basis with CGG 2012 results and before the acquisition of Fugro Geosciences. The company reports an excellent start to the year with an EBIT at $162 million including a $35 million
Fastnet Oil & Gas Plc (“Fastnet” or the “Company”) the E&P company focused on near term exploration acreage in Africa and the Celtic Sea announces that it has been notified by the Irish Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (the “Department”) that it has been awarded licensing o
